Rogers Design Group

Our office design won the ASID 2006 Award of Excellence for workplace / office,
private residence over 5,000 sq. ft. & private residence under 5,000 sq. ft.

“The green” design influence has bought our expertise to another level.

Rogers Design Group’s Designers all share in the belief that design requires detailed interior millwork and structural embellishment along with the interior elements. “We integrate interior design into every facet of our projects to give each interior a personalized space” says Lorraine Rogers-Bolton. The firm was established in 1980 and continues to create award winning design throughout Florida, New York and the Caribbean. “Our commitment to originality insures each client that their design will never be repeated again”.

The creative process is constantly nurtured in their new Palm Beach Gardens Studios. Completed in early 2006 integrating “Green Design” elements including natural stone, recyclable carpets, low V.O.C. paint, wood floors derived from protected forests and lighting that ensures a healthy physical and emotional environment. All Designers maintain they have never been more prolific in their creativity. Lorraine Rogers-Bolton quotes “We designed our own offices as a palette to paint our finest design”. Every detail was a Rogers Design Group original design. Beginning with the space planning and the three-dimensional millwork design of the floating ceilings, cylindrical design room and custom millwork, no detail was overlooked.

Sustainable Green Design

IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
By Lorraine Rogers-Bolton

Rogers Design Group, located in Palm Beach Gardens is an environmentally-responsible firm who are committed to constantly try to diminish their designs impact on the world around us.

With rising gas prices and growing concerns about the global environment everyone is thinking of ways to become more earth friendly, and this extends all the way to interior design where there is a green? revolution beginning. Green design is design that goes beyond being just efficient, attractive, on time and on budget. It is a design that cares about how such goals are achieved, about its effect on people and on the environment. Interior Designers have the opportunity to design, re-design or re-furnish homes with environmentally friendly products and materials that can actually have a healthy impact on clients and the planet. The following are some basic sustainable design practices that designers consider as they incorporate sustainable practices into their work.

Make a more ecologically sound choice of wood from a supplier who can verify through a chain of custody that the original trees came from an ecologically sustainable forest managed under guidelines of the Forest Stewardship Council.

Specify "green" paint and other finishing materials that have documented levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or chemical emitting materials, that are the lowest levels possible, and the rate of their emissions -- or dissipation -- is as fast as possible. Specify paints and finishes that do not contain formaldehyde, a known carcinogen.

Specify sustainable fabrics that support the use of materials from rapidly renewable, post-consumer or post-industrial sources.

Use rapidly renewable flooring products such as bamboo or linoleum to help reduce the amount of land and resources dedicated to producing construction materials.

Specify energy-efficient appliances such as dishwashers and refrigerators with the Energy Star rating.

Design around standard product sizes to reduce material waste.

Consider the recyclability of all materials used to redirect their "next life" away from landfills.

Rogers Design Group is putting their green practices to work in their new office scheduled to open in early 2006 by using many of the above mentioned methods, including specifying the use of green? water-based paint throughout, wood floors, commercial carpet that contains recycled content and Energy Star appliances. At Rogers Design Group we understand the environmental impact that our designs can have and wanted to make a conscious effort in our new space to incorporate green selections.

The U.S. Green Building Council states that the built environment is growing globally at a rate that is three times faster than the growth rate of the population and that buildings have a huge impact, consuming between 30 to 40 percent of all energy used, adding 30 to 40 percent of atmospheric emissions and using up to 30 percent of all raw materials. With the help of programs that promote Green Design awareness, such as the U. S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED Rating System and the AIA's COTE Awards, the building community will soon come to the same conclusion: the economics and qualitative advantages inherent in green design can no longer be denied. Green Design is worth it!!

Ms. Rogers Bolton received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Interior Design from Florida State University in 1972. In 1977 she established Rogers Design Group and grew from three employees to ten at its present location in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Ms. Rogers Bolton has been involved in projects both nationally and internationally. She strives to remain on the cutting edge through continuous education and traveling throughout the world maintaining old sources and seeking new ones.

Rogers Design Group has been the proud recipients of numerous awards including the 2006 Triple A.S.I.D. Design Excellence Awards, 1. Workplace/Office, 2. Private Residence over 5,000 sq. ft., 3. Private Residence under 5,000 sq. ft. and we just won a National's Competition and Silver Award for Best Interior Merchandising for a Model Priced over $2 million. In 2005 A.S.I.D. Design of Excellence Award for residential design over 5,000 square feet. In 2004, the Aurora Award as well as 6 Silver and 1 Gold Prism Awards. In 2005, the Interior Design of Excellence Award and 2 Aurora Awards and 4 Prism Awards. Ms. Rogers Bolton has been actively involved over the years in numerous charities and fundraising events. These include The Palm Beach American Heart Ball, Board of Directors Jewish Federation, Broward County, and Habitant for Humanity.

Professional Experience: Over 200 luxury residential projects, located throughout Florida, Steamboat Springs Colorado, Scottsdale Arizona, Paradise Island-Bahamas, Upper Brookville-NY, Grand Cayman Island-BWI. Published in Florida Design, Architectural Digest, Palm Beach Illustrated, Palm Beach Design & Architectural Review, Trends International, Dental Economics, Focus Magazine, Foundation Magazine and Florida Kitchen & Bath.

Rogers Design Group's New Facility 1st Quarter 2006

Rogers Design Group interior design offices have been located in Palm Beach Gardens for the past six years. They have relocated to their new 4,000 sq. ft state of the art design offices early in 2006 at the Mirasol Town Square.

"Our space is more than doubling to create an ideal design environment for our group of ten". The presentation room is designed to have wireless projector presentation along with sketch pads that can transfer their images to the 60-inch flat screen monitor to insure our clients the ability to see each design concept very clearly. All the designers will be able to sketch an idea spontaneously in a three-dimensional format with AutoCAD that will simultaneously be displayed on the 60-inch monitor.

Our design concept for the new office features the smart design that we have become well known for such as dramatic contrast of the finest contemporary, interior embellishments that is complimented by classically traditional furnishings and details. These practices represent our design philosophy. Since starting the firm in 1976, Ms. Rogers goal has been to not pigeon hole our designs into a particular signature look. "My entire staff and I understand the finest in contemporary as well as traditional, or even period design". We have been fortunate to accomplish award winning projects in the finest of each school of design. A hand-blown chandelier designed by Lorraine Rogers-Bolton in Murano, Italy will hang from the dome ceiling in the reception area over an antique oriental rug from Persia. Ebony covered walls will surround the space as well. Unique cube shaped recessed lighting and linear air diffusers will add to the design details.

"We will be designing in the round," our brainstorming space consists of an 18 ft. diameter area complete with all catalogs, fabric and samples at our fingertips. A floating circular dropped ceiling will provide efficient halogen lighting and acoustical sound control directly above the design table. Individual islands for each design team will float around the circular space for design preparations. Halogen spotlights suspended from stainless steel tracks and cables will strategically light each island and work space.

The commercial design division will have its own dedicated offices. This space will consists of carpet, furnishings and samples appropriate for medical and dental offices, restaurants as well as corporate spaces.

Over the years, Rogers Design Group has won recognition and awards for several dental, medical and hospitality projects as well as the ASID Designer of the Year Award, Prism, Medallion, Aurora, and National Home Builders Association Best Designer Award for Residential Design.

Rogers Design Group Wins Top Design Honor

Rogers Design Group's esteemed Palm Beach Gardens' - based interior design firm, is this year's proud recipient of the American Society of Interior Designers' (ASID*) coveted 2005 Interior Design Excellence Award for a Private Residence over 5,000 square feet: The Bear's Club of Jupiter, Florida

Rogers Design Group expanded upon the pure, clean, classical style of the gracious 8,240 square foot Bear's Club residence. In addition to creating the award-winning interior design, many structural embellishments such as columns, ceiling treatments, wainscoting, moldings, etc. were mixed with the warmth of mahogany and walnut wood. Interior areas recognized for extraordinary design elements include: the entrance, wine cellar, living room, study, family room, kitchen, dining room, powder room, master bedroom corridor, master bedroom, sitting area, and her master bathroom.

This prestigious ASID award won by Rogers Design Group represents another significant achievement in the Group's longstanding history of providing outstanding residential and commercial interior design services.

Company President and Founder, Lorraine Rogers-Bolton, established Rogers Design Group in 1977. The company has received numerous industry awards, including the 2000 IIDA Health Care Project Design Award, the 2001 ASID Design Excellence Award for residential design over 3,500 square feet, Pinnacle Award, FABA Best Overall Design, Florida Design Dream House, I.D.G. Designer of the Year Illuminating Engineering Design Awards, the 2003 Medallion award for Best Interior Merchandising, two Aurora Awards, PRISM International Natural Stone Design Concept: Residential winner, a 2004 Aurora award, as well as six silver and one gold PRISM award, and two 2005 Aurora Awards, 2006 Triple A.S.I.D. Design Excellence Awards, 1. Workplace/Office, 2. Private Residence over 5,000 sq. ft., 3. Private Residence under 5,000 sq. ft. and we just won a National's Competition and Silver Award for Best Interior Merchandising for a Model Priced over $2 million!

The interior design work of Rogers Design Group has appeared in many national and regional publications, including Architect Digest, Palm Beach Illustrated, Palm Beach Design & Architectural Review, Trends International, Dental Economics, Focus Magazine, Foundation Magazine and Florida Kitchen & Bath.

*ASID is the leading professional organization for interior designers with the largest residential and commercial membership. With more than 38,000 members, ASID establishes a common identity for professionals and business in the field of interior design.